The Lemoore City Council and its three members appointed two applicants to join them on the city’s governing board – but it wasn’t easy. In Lemoore’s District C, recently vacated by Chad Billingsley, council members Stuart Lyons, Dave Brown and Mayor Eddie Neal voted unanimously to appoint the local teacher and a Lemoore volunteer fireman, Chris Schalde. Keep reading...
A total of 13 candidates have filed papers hoping to earn appointments to a pair of open seats on the Lemoore City Council. The applicants include a former West Hills College District chancellor and two former Lemoore council members. Keep reading...
Lemoore city officials are taking exception to the Kings County Grand Jury’s assessment of what the county’s investigative body says is the “disruptive and dysfunctional conduct of the Lemoore City Council members at city council meetings.” Keep reading...
The Kings County Grand Jury, in a report released to the public on Tuesday, June 4, appeared to criticize the Lemoore City Council mayor and its city attorney for their inability to control city council meetings and more specifically the disruptive actions of at least one council member. Keep reading...
Lemoore council members are disputing Mayor Eddie Neal’s assertions – told this week to The Hanford Sentinel – that some of his fellow council members were trying to remove him from the mayor’s post. Former mayor Ray Madrigal also denied involvement, saying that Neal's reference to him in the article was disingenuous and misleading. Keep reading...
It was a vote the Lemoore City Council probably would have preferred not to take. During a special noon council meeting Thursday (April 25), Mayor Eddie Neal, in an unusual move, made the original motion himself. Councilmember Holly Blair, the intended subject of the vote, provided the second. Keep reading...
The Lemoore City Council, over the blistering objection of first-term councilmember Holly Blair, voted 4-1 to send a letter to the United States Department of the Interior, the federal agency that governs the nation’s tribal communities, including the nearby Santa Rosa Indian Community. Keep reading...
The Lemoore City Council at its Tuesday meeting (April 2) will review a letter objecting to a proposed land acquisition that could have an impact on Lemoore’s tax stream. The Santa Rosa Indian Community, working through the United States Department of the Interior, which governs the nation’s tribal communities, is seeking acceptance of some property it owns within the city and wants to bring it into the Santa Rosa Indian Community. Keep reading...
Kings County Superior Court Judge Kathy Ciuffini Thursday (Jan. 31) morning denied the City of Lemoore's petition for a temporary restraining order against Councilmember Holly Blair. But her decision came with caveats. Keep reading...
Following a special meeting held at noon on Jan. 29 in Lemoore City Hall, Lemoore council members, voting 4-0, authorized the “initiation of litigation and filing for a TRO (Temporary Restraining Order) against (Councilmember) Holly Blair." Keep reading...